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    Any sentence that starts with "watch this love " can only end badly
    Well decided to take the polecat for a fly today and for a change the missus came with me . After warming up the OS and triming it a little i took off for a couple of circuits to make sure all was well , as you do you start to get a little cocky few stall turns knife edge fly by's ect ect . recenty iv'e been pracising low level prop hangs , so the immortal words left my mouth , "watch this love " little elevator , a little throttle and bang ! . im prop hanging baby . a foot or two off the deck , oh yeah a little lower , a little lower , then the engine starts to lean out , Oh sh*t ,like it's runnin low on go go juice , so loads or throttle to get some height but to late , engine stops while it's still nose up , needless to say it wasnt nose up for long , it hit the deck belly first :( end result one polecat in need of serious repair and my ego seriously damaged to
    Cheers Al

    Cosworth, making supercar owners look like co*ks since 1986

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    Bummer! Hope the bill's not too great!

    That'll learn ya for showing off.

    :D
    Martin

    Most of the Aligns, fair few Spektrum bits, bunch of Align & HiTec servos, OBE, VD & Bar.

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    • #3
      pictures of the carnage please :) sods law it always goes wrong when you're trying to show off :(

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      • #4
        yeah i'll get the camera out tomorrow when i weigh up whether it's getting rebuild or not :( wont do that again in a hurry . from first glance it looks like the fusalage needs the film stripping off and a full set of stringers along the belly , landing gear is splayed out sidways and what ever else i find as the film comes off, not expencive to repair only the cost of the film and balsa or base wood
        Cheers Al

        Cosworth, making supercar owners look like co*ks since 1986

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